Sept 8: Public Forum on School Choice

Monday, March 15th @ 6 PM  Police Accountability & South Bend's Community Police Review Board: A Roundtable Discussion Join our panel discussion about the successes, challenges and limitations of Citizens Review Boards. We will acknowledge the importance of the City of South Bend's landmark Community Police Review Board and discuss how South Bend's Board and accompanying office can…

1. Featured this week at the Urban Garden Market: Stormy weather forced the cancellation of last Saturday's “hoopJAM” at the Urban Garden Market, but we'll have a second chance next Saturday, July 31st from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. A hoopJAM spontaneously occurs when a large number of hula hoops arrive at any given location.  Hula hoop dance is fast…

    The LaSalle Branch Library is safe — at least until mid-2011, when the 2011 mid-year tax distribution will provide a clearer picture of the effects of the property tax caps and the new Local Option Income Taxes.  A recommendation to keep the LaSalle Branch open will be made to the Members of the Library Board…

1. This week at the Urban Garden Market -  Only three more Market Saturdays for the season!  Lynn Joyce will be making beignets this Saturday, Jim will have plenty of pulled pork, and the Butternut Squash Community Garden will have a special: "$1. off for a package of six" squash, easy to store for winter…

Participants for the morning panel on educational policies and practices include Indiana State Representative Gregory Porter, a representative of VOYCE (Voices of Youth in Chicago Education), Dawn Jones, a member of the South Bend School Board of Trustees, and Regina Williams- Preston, a local teacher and education activist.  The panel will address the importance of…

LUNCH WITH THE LEAGUE – Friday, June 10 at Noon "The Conflict Between the Federal Government and Indiana Over the Use of Medicaid Funds" Speaker: Ellyn Stecker, M.D., feminist family physician, member of the Board of PPIN   When: Friday, June 10, 2011; Speaker at Noon, come as early as 11:30 to purchase lunch. Where:…